[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24787-24788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11448]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2002-12509]


Notice of Public Hearing; Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system, on the main 
tracks between milepost 437.2, near Sapulpa, Oklahoma and milepost 
579.3, Mill Creek, Oklahoma, on the Texas Division, Creek Subdivision, 
a distance of approximately 142 miles, associated with the 
implementation of Track Warrant Control to govern train movements. This 
block signal application proceeding is identified as Docket No. FRA-
2002-12509.
    The FRA has issued a public notice seeking comments of interested 
parties and has conducted its own field investigation in this matter. 
After examining the carrier's proposal, letters of protest, and the 
field report, the FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary 
before a final decision is made on this proposal.

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    Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m. on Thursday, 
June 5, 2003, in the Ada City Hall West Annex, 210 West 13th Street, 
Ada, Oklahoma 74820. Interested parties are invited to present oral 
statements at the hearing.
    The hearing will be an informal one and will be conducted in 
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA rules of practice (49 CFR part 
211.25), by a representative designated by the FRA.
    The hearing will be a non adversary proceeding and, therefore, 
there will be no cross-examination of persons presenting statements. 
The FRA representative will make an opening statement outlining the 
scope of the hearing. After all initial statements have been completed, 
those persons wishing to make brief rebuttal statements will be given 
the opportunity to do so in the same order in which they made their 
initial statements. Additional procedures, if necessary for the conduct 
of the hearing, will be announced at the hearing.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 1, 2003.
George A. Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 03-11448 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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